The Tribeca Film Festival may be Robert De Niro’s baby, but it’s not all hetero gangster films and indie versions of Meet The Fockers. This year there’s an abundance of films of LGBT-interest that will premiere at the NYC festival, which runs from April 16-27.

Scroll down to read about some of the movies we’re most looking forward to this year.

Compared to What: The Improbably Journey of Barney Frankchronicles the first openly gay member of Congress, who paved the way for many pivotal LGBT political victories over the past 40 years. There’s also a sure-to-be interesting Tribeca Talk during which Frank will discuss his career with none other than media firebrand (and executive producer on the doc) Alec Baldwin.

Love Is Strange, out director Ira Sachs’ intriguing follow-up to his acclaimed Keep The Lights On, focuses on a gay couple in Manhattan whose relationship is out to the test and stars John Lithgow, Alfred Molina and Cheyenne Jackson.

Bad Hair (Pelo Malo) tells the story of a young Venezuelan boy who straightens his hair everyday despite his parents’ homophobic complaints.

The non-fiction film Next Goal Wins follows the American Samoa soccer team, including Jaiyah Saelua, the first transgender player ever to compete in an international FIFA World Cup qualifier.